The Official 2018-19 AU Basketball Thread with NIT Tournament Aspirations!

wesfau2 · « **Reply #180 on:** January 09, 2019, 09:27:13 AM »

Conference play begins tonight at Ole Miss. Your Auburn Tigers are a 2.5 point favorite.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #181 on:** January 09, 2019, 09:29:20 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on January 09, 2019, 09:27:13 AM

Conference play begins tonight at Ole Miss. Your Auburn Tigers are a 2.5 point favorite.

Wow...how far have we fallen? They are supposed to be the West's bottom feeder.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #182 on:** January 09, 2019, 09:34:13 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on January 09, 2019, 09:29:20 AM

Wow...how far have we fallen? They are supposed to be the West's bottom feeder.

Why do you people constantly make fun of our members here? Bullying has no place on this board.

chinook · « **Reply #183 on:** January 09, 2019, 12:26:34 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 09, 2019, 09:34:13 AM

Why do you people constantly make fun of our members here? Bullying has no place on this board.

you have no testicles.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #184 on:** January 09, 2019, 01:50:13 PM »

Quote from: chinook on January 09, 2019, 12:26:34 PM

you have no testicles.

I said bullying, not making observations.

jmar · « **Reply #185 on:** January 09, 2019, 04:50:42 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 09, 2019, 09:34:13 AM

Why do you people constantly make fun of our members here? Bullying has no place on this board.

I don't mind the bullying as much as the shaming. BTW...there are some novelty scrotum and ball sets available on-line.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #186 on:** January 09, 2019, 05:08:30 PM »

Quote from: jmar on January 09, 2019, 04:50:42 PM

I don't mind the bullying as much as the shaming. BTW...there are some novelty scrotum and ball sets available on-line.

Snags has tried them.

But TrukNutz keep you from boarding a plane.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #187 on:** January 09, 2019, 05:17:51 PM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on January 09, 2019, 05:08:30 PM

Snags has tried them.

But TrukNutz keep you from boarding a plane.

Uncomfortable as hell and they really weight you down too.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #188 on:** January 09, 2019, 06:44:33 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 09, 2019, 05:17:51 PM

Uncomfortable as hell and they really weight you down too.

Those kegel exercises get way more impactful, though.

wesfau2 · « **Reply #189 on:** January 09, 2019, 09:28:46 PM »

What a garbage game.

Awful 3's...no drives to the basket...

This team can't take 2 weeks off. That's a macrocosm of their games. They're streaky and hot...when they get rolling.

CCTAU · « **Reply #190 on:** January 09, 2019, 11:45:36 PM »

It looks like we are a run and gun team that canâ€™t figure out how to play with a big guy on the court.

Kaos · « **Reply #191 on:** January 10, 2019, 12:22:40 AM »

That made my head hurt.

GH2001 · « **Reply #192 on:** January 10, 2019, 09:41:37 AM »

Quote from: wesfau2 on January 09, 2019, 09:28:46 PM

What a garbage game.

Awful 3's...no drives to the basket...

This team can't take 2 weeks off. That's a macrocosm of their games. They're streaky and hot...when they get rolling.

Not making an excuse but the two weeks off was probably most of the issue last night. They looked like rust. They looked cold. It looked like the game 1 exhibition. My question is who did the damn scheduling? That shouldnâ€™t happen. Almost every other team in conf played last sat.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #193 on:** January 10, 2019, 09:54:00 AM »

This team looks like hot garbage. I blame GF and his damn Final 4 Aspirations

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #194 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:14:12 AM »

#coachingsearch

#searchcommittee

Saniflush · « **Reply #195 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:22:39 AM »

Soooooooo, we can't win right away?

GH2001 · « **Reply #196 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:33:25 AM »

A good technical analysis of last night:

https://auburn.rivals.com/news/game-wrap-auburn-at-ole-miss

Boils down to two root causes-

1. Lack of physicality mainly on the inside with okeke and Wiley. Which lead to....

2. Impatience on the outside developing plays letting ole miss guards dictate tempo, shot, etc.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #197 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:42:41 AM »

Quote from: Saniflush on January 10, 2019, 10:22:39 AM

Soooooooo, we can't win right away?

not now

jmar · « **Reply #198 on:** January 11, 2019, 01:33:28 PM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on January 10, 2019, 10:42:41 AM

not now

Everything was running smoothly until the N.C. State game when Purifoy officially re-joined the team. Since that point we are softer inside, rush to take shots (often without a pass) and have turned the ball over at an alarming rate.

Maybe the layoff hurt but this is a continuation of what we saw before the layoff.
Again no panic but something is wrong and generally a good way to get back on track is with some good old fashioned gritty defense. Might take a few ugly-assed games to find it but what else can you do?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #199 on:** January 11, 2019, 01:49:55 PM »

Quote from: jmar on January 11, 2019, 01:33:28 PM

Everything was running smoothly until the N.C. State game when Purifoy officially re-joined the team. Since that point we are softer inside, rush to take shots (often without a pass) and have turned the ball over at an alarming rate.

Maybe the layoff hurt but this is a continuation of what we saw before the layoff.
Again no panic but something is wrong and generally a good way to get back on track is with some good old fashioned gritty defense. Might take a few ugly-assed games to find it but what else can you do?

Need Cliff Ellis to come lead a week's worth of practices...